
Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev paid homage at Rajghat on Sunday morning, while their supporters gathered at Jantar Mantar ahead of their joint fast. ...

10:07 AM, Jun 03, 2012

New Delhi: A fire broke out early on Sunday morning at the CRPF headquarters in the CGO complex in New Delhi. The fire was reported around 6:45 am from the ground floor of the four-storeyed building and five fire tenders were rushed. Fire officials said that the fire engulfed the public relations section of the force and a number of books, documents and other material has been destroyed. There were...

09:40 AM, Jun 03, 2012

New Delhi: Independent MLA Bharat Singh was shot at on Saturday morning in south-west Delhi by unknown attackers with police suspecting it to be a case of personal rivalry. A passerby Dharampal was also injured in the incident which took place near the MLA's office in Najafgarh's Sarangpur village at around 8:30 am, a senior police official said. According to the official, four to five people came and opened fire...

10:24 AM, Jun 02, 2012

New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazara will be arriving in Delhi on Saturday, a day ahead of his day-long fast against corruption alongwith yoga guru Baba Ramdev at Jantar Mantar. Anna and Ramdev are expected to meet later in the day. Ramdev had earlier claimed that their anti-corruption rally will begin in New Delhi and proceed to other parts of the country. Both Anna and Ramdev on Friday had trained...

08:12 AM, Jun 02, 2012

New Delhi: India's exports grew by a mere 3.2 per cent year-on-year to $24.4 billion in April 2012 mainly due to the slow demand in western markets like Europe. Exports stood at $23.6 billion in April 2011, according to data released by the Commerce Ministry in New Delhi on June 1. Imports during the first month of the current fiscal grew 3.8 per cent to $37.9 billion, leaving a trade...

03:31 PM, Jun 01, 2012

New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday described the Bharat bandh called by the NDA and Left parties to protest petrol price hike as a "total failure" in Delhi and "thanked" people of the city for not responding to it. The Chief Minister, speaking in the Delhi Assembly, came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of forcibly blocking roads and making the traders shut their...

11:24 PM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the hike in petrol prices did not evoke much response in the national capital though party supporters blocked traffic in some places. Small shops were seen open in many areas in the morning while commuters complained that there were less autos on roads as number of auto and taxi unions have joined the protest. BJP activists led by...

11:04 AM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest in Delhi during the Bharat bandh protesting against the petrol price hike. Naqvi tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). Before courting arrest, Naqvi told CNN-IBN, "Reports suggest that the bandh is a success. These protests are a show that the common man won't tolerate price hikes. I appeal to all...

10:44 AM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: A major fire broke out on Sunday at a garment factory in east Delhi. At least 27 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. Efforts are on to douse the flames in which no casualty has been reported so far. However, fire brigade officials haven't been able to bring it under control yet. The fire at the garment factory in Gandhi Nagar area was...

07:01 PM, May 27, 2012

New Delhi: A major fire broke out on Sunday at a garment factory in east Delhi, a fire department official said. Efforts are on to douse the flames in which no casualty has been reported so far, he said. "The fire at the garment factory in Gandhi Nagar area was reported at 2:00 pm and so far, no loss of life has been reported," he said, adding 20 fire tenders...

05:46 PM, May 27, 2012

New Delhi: A major fire broke out at a paint factory in Delhi's Mayapuri area on Saturday. At least Twenty-five fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. However, no casualty has been reported yet. More details awaited. ...

05:58 PM, May 26, 2012

New Delhi: A major fire broke out in a building housing Punjab National Bank in New Delhi's Parliament Street on Wednesday. Although many people were trapped inside the building but fire officials managed to rescue all, and there were no casualties. Twenty-five fire tenders were rushed to the spot and fire was brought under within an hour. The six-storey building is in the heart of Delhi and in the vicinity...

05:31 PM, May 23, 2012

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach will appear in a Delhi court on Saturday for allegedly molesting a woman and beating up her fiance during a party post an IPL match in the early hours of Friday. The court will decide if Pomersbach should continue to stay out on bail or go back into police custody. Luke has claimed innocence in the case. He said on Saturday,...

08:18 AM, May 19, 2012

Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya said on Friday the team would cooperate fully with the investigations into the molestation case involving batsman Luke Pomersbach. ...

02:52 PM, May 18, 2012

New Delhi: The victim in the molestation case involving Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach on Friday claimed that she was threatened by IPL players to drop the case. She pleaded with the government of India to help her in the matter. Revealing the details of the incident, the woman, an American national, said, "Luke followed us to our room. He came inside. When I asked him to leave,...

01:38 PM, May 18, 2012